Network taps AC administrator

Danita McAnally, chief of planning and advancement at Amarillo College, has been selected to join an elite network of women as a member of the Leadership America Class of 2013.

She is one of 54 exceptional women leaders competitively selected from across the nation to participate in what is the longest-running women’s leadership development program in the United States.

“This is the sort of thing that will reinvigorate me and open my eyes to issues of great magnitude and relevance,” McAnally said. “Just getting to sit at the same table and network with so many leaders will be invaluable to me personally and, I hope, to the college as I return from each conference with new perspectives that can be put to use.”

Leadership America, in its 26th year, is a program of Women’s Resources, a Dallas-based organization that aims to advance the power of leadership and legacy through programs that connect, inspire, empower and honor women.

Participants will travel to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Detroit in April, June and September, respectively, and take part in discussions employing the most relevant insights, newest ideas, and latest information as they address solutions to the most compelling and challenging issues confronting today’s interconnected global society.

McAnally, who obtained her bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Eastern New Mexico University, joined the AC faculty in 1987 and eventually moved from teaching to administration. In 2012, she led AC’s re-affirmation of accreditation process, an extensive undertaking required every 10 years by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Her responsibilities within the Division of Planning and Advancement include the offices of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Outcomes Assessment, and Grant Development and Compliance.